Lao Tzu was a popular chinese philosopher and a guiding figure in Taoism. The sayings of Lao Tzu are known to be compiled in a sacred book called the Tao Te Ching. Here’s a beautiful passage of Lao Tzu’s sayings.
Passage
He who acts in accordance with Tao, becomes one with Tao. He who treads the path of Virtue becomes one with Virtue. He who pursues a course of Vice becomes one with Vice. The man who is one with Tao, Tao is also glad to receive. The man who is one with Virtue, Virtue is also glad to receive. The man who is one with Vice, Vice is also glad to receive.
Lionel Giles. The Sayings of Lao Tzu. The Orient Press, 1904.
